Thousands of children and their teachers and parents came present to Our woman of the Rosary sanctuary in Fatima for the national pilgrimage of the youngest. It is held under the heading “And you? Do you want to see God?” gathering children from almost all parts of Portugal.
The authorities of the Rectorate of the Fatimian Shrine stated in a message that during today's celebration they would mention to the centenary of Mary's apparitions celebrated this year and the Baby Jesus of Lucia's sister in Pontevedra. As a child, she participated with her cousins Jacinta and Francis Marto in the Marian apparitions in Fatima. They lasted between 13 May and 13 October, gathering thousands of people.
Participants of this year's pilgrimage of children will participate on Wednesday in a series of prayers, meetings with their peers and in the catechesis. The first specified gathering was held in Fatima in 1977.
The statistic of the Fatima rectorate show that the Portuguese, especially the buds of the agglomeration of Lisbon, Porto and Braga, are the most many of all. Despite the dominance of the Portuguese among almost 6.5 million pilgrims who visited this sanctuary in 2025, the most organized groups of pilgrims arrived from abroad. A full of 5608 pilgrimage groups arrived there, i.e. by 7.2 percent more compared to 2024.
Rectorate of the Fatima Shrine estimates that 2025 r. brought more than 241,000 large bunch of pilgrims from remote countries Asia, including Indonesia, the Philippines and South Korea. Total In 2025, the most Europeans reached Fatima in the last year. Their percent among all the buds reached 55 percent. In the last year the most many foreigners in Fatima were Spaniards, who came over 42 thousand, and then Poles – 23 thousand. The 3rd abroad nation was the Americans – 16.8 1000 people.
APW, KAI
